gnutls_memcmp

Section: gnutls (3)
Updated: 3.7.1
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NAME

gnutls_memcmp - API function

SYNOPSIS

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_memcmp(const void * s1, const void * s2, size_t n);

ARGUMENTS

const void * s1: the first address to compare
const void * s2: the second address to compare
size_t n: the size of memory to compare

DESCRIPTION

This function will operate similarly to memcmp(), but will operate on time that depends only on the size of the string. That is will not return early if the strings don't match on the first byte.

RETURNS

non zero on difference and zero if the buffers are identical.

SINCE

3.4.0

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bugs@gnutls.org>.
Home page: https://www.gnutls.org

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